Rocking-chair.



PATENTED FEB, 5, 1907.

' J. G. ARONHALT. ROCKING CHAIR. APILIIOAYTIONVIILED 3212.13; 1906.

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' UNITED sir-Arne JAMES C. ARONHALT, or

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KANSAS jcIT'Y, MISSOURI.

ROCKING-CHAIR.

No. 843,060. Specification of Application filed February 15' 1906. Serial No- 300,854.

Letters Patent. Patentecl'Feb. 5, 1907.

To all w/tom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES C. ARoNHALr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented new-and-useful "Improvements in Rocking-Chairs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in tire fitted to the under side of the rocker and having embedded lengthwise therein awire the projecting ends of which are secured to the rocker. 1

My invention rovides, further, means by which the wire when it is being secured to the rocker is stretched so as to tightly bind the tire to the rocker, I

My invention provides, further, a resilient tire having embedded therein a longitudinal wire having one or more lateral projections which .firmly' engage the tire and cause it to be stretched when the wire is stretched inthe operation of securing it to the rocker.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a rocking-chair the rockers of which have secured to themthe resilient tires of. my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation view of a rocker having secured to it a tiremechanism of my invention, the middle portion of the rocker and tire being broken away and the ends of the rocker and tire being shown in vertical section. Fig. 3 is a cross-section taken on the dotted line a b of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a cross-section of a rocker having secured to it a round tirehaving embedded therein the longitudinal securing-wire.

Similar characters of reference denote similar parts 1 x 1 denotes the two rockers, preferably longitudinally groo'ved on their under sides, said grooves also being preferably dovetail in cross-section, the dovetail grooves having fitted in them the resilient tires 2, composed, preferably, of soft rubber, said tires projecting below the lower sidesof the rockers, re-

spectively. Each tire 2 has embedded in it a longitudinal wire 3, having one or more latkinking the wire, said projections serving to prevent the wire being pulled-through the tire when the wire is being secured to the rocker in the manner hereinafter described. The upper sides of the rockers 1 adjacent their forward ends. are provided, respectively,

with vertical holes, in which are mounted in a the ordinary manner the lower ends of the front chair legsb. In each'end of each tire is mounted a protecting-thimble 6, through Which the wire 3 extends, said thimble serving to prevent the wires cutting the tires when the wires are bent upwardly and se cured to the rockers.

The following is the preferred manner of securing the wires to the rockers: The rubber tires are slip ed lengthwise into the dovetail grooves of t e rockers, said grooves first be ing coated with cement for uniting the tires to the rockers, after which the rear ends of the wires 3 are bent upwardly and then insorted in the longitudinal holes therefor, one in the rear end of eac rocker. The forward. legs 5 are theri withdrawn from the holes in the rockers, after which the forward ends of the wires 3 are bent upwardly over the forward ends of the rockers to the tops thereof, respectively, and then passed into the vertical holes in the upper sides of the rockers, the extreme ends of the wires being bent laterally. The chair-legs 5 are then forced into the holes in the rockers, thus drawing downwardly thewires 3, so as to stretch them and hold them tightly in place. The projections 4'on the wiresprevent the loosening of the wires during the tightening operation just described. a They also serve to prevent the tires from moving lengthwise on the wires-through compression ofthe tires caused by the weight of the person occupying the chair.

My invention may be variously modified without departing from its spirit.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is' Y 1. In a. rocking-chair, the combination with the rocker, of a rubber tire secured len thwise to the under side of the rocker Ian havin protecting-tubes secured one in each end 0; the tire, and a wire embedded in the tire. and extending through said tubes, the projecting ends of the wire'being secured .to the rocker.

2. In a rocking-chair, the combination eral projections 4, preferably formed by rovided with the rocker, having ahole in its u per side, of the chair-leg mounted in said ho e, a

' rubber tire secured lengthwise tothe under side of the rocker, and a wire embedded lengthwise in the tire and having one end secured to the rocker, and the other .end secured in the hole in the rocker by said leg.

4. In a rocking-chair, the combination with the rocker having a hole in the rear end and a hole in the upper sideadjacent the forward. end, of the chair-leg mounted iii-said hole in the forward end, a rubber tire secured lengthwise-to the under side of the rocker,

and a wire embedded in the tire lengthwise and having one end secured in the holein the rear end of the rocker, the forward end of the wire extending over the top of the rocker at the forward end of the rocker and extending downward along the side and below the lowe end of the leg.

5. In a rockingechair} the. combination with the-rocker having in its upper side ad j'acent the forward end a hole, of the chair-leg mounted in said hole, a rubber tire securedlengthwise to the IlliClQI" side, of the rocker,

and a wire embedded in the tire and having one or more lateral projections, one end of the wire belng secured to the rocker and the .other'end passing over the forward end of the rocker to the top thereof and thence into said'hole between the leg and the rocker.

} 6.. In a rocking-chair, the combination with the rocker having a longitudinal groove in its lower side and having a hole in its upper side-adjacent one end, of the chair-leg secured in said hole, arubber tire mounted in said groove, and a wire embedded length wisevin said tire and having one projecting end secured to the rocker and the other end extending over the to of the rocker and into said hole between the eg and the rocker.

in presence of two subscribing witnesses- JAMES C..'ARONHALT. I/Vitnesses: I. i

WARREN D. HOUSE,

E. B. HoUsE.

In testimonywhereof I'ilfl'lX my signature '0 

